Senior Fairness Officer Chief Executive's Department

Bolton Metro Council

Salary: £24,726 to £27,420

We are looking for an experienced officer to help advise Bolton Council on how to open up Council jobs and ser­vices to members of socially excluded groups. The fairness team is trying to promote generic fairness posts and you will be expected to work across the full range of fairness issues. . . . You must have the ability to manage change inside a corporate environment and have a detailed knowledge and/or experience of disability, age and gender issues, together with knowledge of the politics of developments in a positive application of fairness issues.

Source: Guardian Society, 5 November

Managing Director Counselling for Effective Learning (CfEL)

Salary: circa £60,000

CfEL  intends to be the leading provider of counselling services to pupils and students in the UK.  It will provide the widest range of services directly to young people, through both schools and university net­works and via a web service.  It will  grow and develop through service contracts, strategic partnerships and acquisitions.

This is an exciting opportunity for an individual who wants success professionally, personally and financially with the oppor­tunity to rise rapidly to the top.

Source: Guardian Society, 19November

Housing Market Renewal Co_ordinator

Manchester City Council

Salary: £80,000

The Co-ordinator will lead on the delivery of programmes on regeneration in Manchester as part of the activity of the Manchester and Salford Pathfinder, which is leading the national market renewal initiative. We are looking for an individual with a range of key strengths that will operate at Chief Officer level and will have the necessary skills to interact with and engage key partners, in the public and private sector, in order to drive forward this complex agenda.

(The Times 'Public Agenda' pages, 11 July 03)

Strategic Energy and Sustainability Manager,

Haringey Council

Salary: £33,642 to £35,928

Reporting to the Head of Strategic Sourcing, your objective will be to ensure that sustainability is recognised as a key priority across the council. You will need to work closely with other departments, developing the corporate framework and ensuring it is embedded in their business processes. You will be responsible for the procurement of the Council's energy sup­plies in accordance with Best Value and take forward partnership working in relation to the agreed sustainability objectives.

(Guardian, Society, 10 September)

Domestic Violence Co-ordinator

Haringey Council

Salary: £33,642 to £35,928

Haringey Domestic Violence Service was set up in 2001 as a result of a multi-agency review of domestic violence services in the borough ...  The Equalities and Diversity Unit is looking to appoint an enthusiastic, highly motivated person to continue to deliver this work through the maternity cover period.  Responsibilities include delivery of a borough-wide strategy and integrated domestic violence policies as part of a multi-partnership initiative and to co-ordinate the work of the Domestic Violence Joint Commissioning Group. . . .  Applications are particularly welcomed from women, black and minority ethnic groups and disabled people as they are currently under-represented. (Guardian Society, 10 September)

Health Development Co-ordinator for Healthy Eating

Health Improvement Directorate,

Haringey Primary Care Trust

Salary: £25,000 to £30,000

  You will develop, implement and manage the New Opportunities Fund 'Five a Day Programme'. The aim of the programme is to increase the consumption and availability of fruit and vegetables to the communities of Edmonton and Tottenham.

The programme specifically targets:

Schools in those areas of the boroughs with highest health needs. This will involve encouraging schools to adopt a whole school approach to healthy eating, provid­ing training where necessary.

Communities where the consumption of fruit and vegetables is low. The Coordinator will work closely with local communi­ties: training community nutrition assis­tants, exploring the opportunities for Food Co-ops, Farmers Markets and allotments.

(Source: Guardian Society, 8 October)  

12 May 2004 update.  This is not an isolated example.  Click here to find out how many five-a-day coordinators are employed around the country.

Enrichment Co-ordinator

Lewisham College (motto: 'Pushing Prosperity')

Salary: £22,719 - £28,395

Helping to give our students more than a qualification, you'll manage and develop projects which add an extra dimension to learners' lives. Developing relationships with a wide range of external bodies, you'll organise events such as Health Week or Black History Week. With a degree or relevant professional qualification, you'll have experience of managing projects, co-ordinating people and processes within budget and timescales and, ideally, awareness of FE issues and the needs of a diverse student body.

(Source: Guardian Education, 7 October)

Diversity Officer

HMP The Mount, Hemel Hempstead

Salary £28,000 - £33,000

There are 160 Prison Officer grades in the prison, but only ten of them come from a minority ethnic background ...   That is unacceptable and part of your job will be to redress that balance by encouraging ethnic-minority groups that the Mount Prison is a place for them to work ...   you will believe in the benefits of cultural diversity and lead a programme in ensuring that both staff and prisoners are aware of the needs and aspirations of different cultures.  

(Guardian, 25 June 2003)

Partnership Manager

Islington Children and Young People's Strategic Partnership

Salary: £52,000 to £55,000

This is an opportunity to be part of some­thing special in Islington and a real opportu­nity to influence the integration agenda for the benefit of children and young people. . . . This is a new role and in particular you will have the opportunity to work on the implementation of the NHS National Service Framework for children and our IRT programme, as well as leading our response to the forthcoming green paper.  

(Guardian Society, 2 July)

Senior Photocopying Assistant,

Legal and Democratic Services Division

Rhonnda Cynon Taf County Borough Council

Salary: £19,185 - £20,469

Can you help us build on our impressive track record and meet the challenges which lie ahead? Do you want to join one of the fastest improving County Borough Councils in the UK?   Do you want to join an organisation which values its staff and sees each individual as fundamental in  delivering a 'better life' . . . then we would like to hear from you.

Source: Cardiff Westem Mail

Schools for Health Co-ordinator King Square House, Bristol

£25,401 to £29,714 per annum for 37 hrs per week, term time only

Help improve the health and well-being of everyone in Bristol’s schools by working with whole school communities, PCTs, Local Education Authority (Sic) and relevant local and national agencies by coordinating the Bristol Schools for Health programme.  Schools for Health is part of the National Healthy School Standard, which ... aims to improve health and help raise academic achievement. Schools for Health provides a framework for promoting health-related initiatives in schools such as Sex & Relationships Education, Drug Education, healthy eating, safety and physical activity within the Personal, Social and Health Education (PSHE) curriculum and the wider life of the school. ... work in partnership with the Citizenship Coordinator ... . 

Omigod.  I've lost the will to live!